SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.09% - 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.00% - 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £51,000
Lancashire median annual salary - - £46,750

All Development Application Skills
Preston

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 4.35% 4.38% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 7
10th Percentile £46,393 £36,650 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,608 £38,750 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,592 £47,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% - -1.05%
75th Percentile £48,483 £63,900 -
90th Percentile £48,643 - £48,600
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.39% - -5.00%

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) job vacancy trend in Preston

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL Development
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Alteryx
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft